Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:08 am
Let her start her own memories! The salt is a great knife as everyone is saying.
If your leaning towards a fixed blade but not sure of the weight, get a Mule. This way you can have a custom sheath made to your specs. Also I would wrap the handle in 550 cord. This will give you extra cord for emergencies and be a light material for your handle. There are many examples of good comfortable wraps for handles. This way you have the utility of a fixed blade and it meets your specs.rc51kid wrote:Unfortunately I am really struggling with the fixed blade idea for myself. We are not ultra light hikes. But we keep it pretty light. One of our last hike was in the Highlands of Virginia in the summer. For 4 days our packs were around 20 pounds loaded up. We cook in one small pot, our tent uses tracking poles and we simply keep it all to a minimum. But I am really looking at trying fixed blade for me. The ESEE 3 or 4, Fallkniven F1 or S1 and maybe even a Bark River Bravo 1 if I could spend that much. I keep thinking one of these would be really nice. But I have a hard time thinking that I need to add half a pound of weigh to my pack.